Strong's Lexicon

G3047

G3047 — λίψ

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreeklipsnounOccurrences: 1

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G3047
Word:λίψ
Part of Speech:noun
Etymology:probably from leibo "to pour a libation"
Language:Greek
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:lips
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:leeps'
Meaning:1. the south(- west) wind (as bringing rain) 2. (by extension) the south quarter
KJV Renderings:southwest

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

λίψ, λιβός, (from λείβω (to pour forth), because it brings moisture);

1. the southwest wind: Herodotus 2, 25; Polybius 10, 10, 3; others.

2. the quarter of the heavens whence the southwest wind blows: Act 27:12 (on which see βλέπω, 3 and κατά, II. 1 c.) (Gen 13:14; Gen 20:1; Num 2:10; Deu 33:23).

Englishman's Greek Concordance

λίψ (southwest)

Acts 27:12

KJV: And because the haven was not commodious to winter in the more part advised to depart thence also if by any means they might attain to Phenice to winter an haven of Crete and lieth toward the south west and north west
GK: ανευθέτου δε του λιμένος υπάρχοντος προς παραχειμασίαν οι πλείους έθεντο βουλήν αναχθήναι κακείθεν ει δύναιντο καταντήσαντες εις Φοίνικα παραχειμάσαι λιμένα της Κρήτης βλέποντα κατά λίβα και κατά χώρον
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